I tried. Don’t get me wrong, but if a couple of people can make a better software than a huge company then why am i giving the company my money in the first place. Unfortunately, i don’t have much free time anymore, not as much i would like, and certainly a lot less than i used to have 5-10 years ago.

I would love if the guys who make custom roms could make a phone, but sadly, that probably won’t happen. And i hate that all the phones are locked in. I wish a phone could be like a pc, where you can install whatever OS you like.

Hardware manufacturers make that impossible. The company that makes snapdragon is responsible for all the drivers and compatibility. Samsung certainly won’t open up their chips and drivers as well. Apple is the same.

Until we get something like a linux phone, everyone will fight tooth and nail for their slice of pie.

Hell, look at linux drivers on the x64/86 (nvidia).

Look at microsoft ditching 99% of CPUs on win11 launch.

Look at apple with their “macOS is for macs only”.

Software manufacturers are to blame as well. Why no office on linux but they support macos? Why no adobe products on linux? Why not games on linux? (I know it’s better now but still, very few big players) Banking software? Windows only. Manufacturing software? Almost all windows only.

OS choice has to be on the person using the computer, not some company.

It’s time for standardized computing.

I understand that you can’t write all the software that has been written again, but you can at least make the new software compatible.